Lemon-squeezer



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0. W. BARRETT.

LEMON SQUEEZER.

No. 492,259. Patented Feb. 21, 1893.

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Patentd Feb. 21, 1893.

CHARLES W. BARRETT, OF LEMOORE, CALIFORNIA.

LEiVliON SQUEEZER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 4:92359, dated February21, 1893.

Application filed October 26, 1892. Serial No. 450,075. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES WV. BARRETT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lemoore, Tulare county, State of California, have inventedan Improvement in Lemon- Squeezers; and I hereby declare the followingto be afull, clear, and exact description of the same.

My invention relates to that class of lemon squeezers in which avertically movable plunger operates within a cup containing a strainerupon which the lemon rests, said cup being provided with a dischargeaperture adapted to convey the juice into an underlying tumbler.

My invention consists essentially in an open front cup provided with avertically swinging front plate adapted to open and close the cup, saidswinging plate carrying the strainer which is moved into and out of thecup by the swinging of said plate.

lt also consists in the several constructions and arrangements of partswhich I shall hereinafter fully describe and specifically point out inthe claims.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, effective, and easilyhandled lemon squeezer, the particular advantage of which is that by asimple and rapid movement the lemon may be inserted to be squeezed, andmay be discharged after the plunger has compressed it.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for a more complete explanationof my invention,Figure 1 is a perspective view of my lemon squeezer, theswinging plate being shown open and in position to discharge thesqueezed lemon. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of my lemon squeezer,showing the swinging plate closed and the parts in position ready tosqueeze the lemon.

A is a cup having an inclined draining bottom a which terminates in adischarge spout a The general shape of this cup, in cross section, ispreferably that shown in Fig. 1,

arc to open and close the cup. The top of the plate is provided with asmall catch 1) which is adapted to engage a cross bar a on the top frontof the cup, and to be released therefrom, whereby the front plate may beheld in a vertical position to close the cup as in Fig. 2, and releasedto be allowed to fall to a downwardly inclined position, as shown inFig. 1.

To the inside of the plate B is secured a curved plate 0 having such acurvature as will adapt it, when the plate B is raised to a verticalposition, to complete the curvature of the back of the cup A therebyforming within the cup a substantially circular chamber.

To the lower portion of the swinging front plate B is secured thestrainer D of the usual dish shape, and adapted, when the front plate israised to a vertical position, as in Fig. 2, to traverse the base of thecup, and when the front plate is in a downwardly inclined position to besufficiently inverted, as shown in Fig. 1, to discharge the lemoncontained within it. In this strainer may be secured a cross knife E.

F is the pressing plunger fitted and adapted to move up and down in thecircular chamber of the cup. It is provided with a stem f which risesthrough a cross-bar a on the top of the cup, and the top of said stem ispivoted to an operating lever G. The end of this lever is pivoted at gto a vibrating fulcrum link H, the lower end of which is pivoted at h tothe lower portion of the cup A, and said link is guided in an elongatedslot a in the end of the cross-bar a This construction, by having themovable or vibrating fulcrum link, permits the true vertical movement ofthe plunger without cramping.

In order to hold the plunger up, there is a small friction spring fsecured to the side of the stem f and which plays down through thecrossbar 0. This spring does not preventthe stem from moving up and downunder the pressure applied to the handle G,but is sufficient to so bindupon the cross-bar or as to hold the plunger up during the discharge ofthe squeezed lemon and the placing of a fresh one in the strainer.

To the base of the cupA is secured the screw clamp bracket I by whichthe whole device is adapted to be clamped upon the edge of a table J orother support. In suitable bearings i on the front of this bracket ispivotally mounted the axially turnable hanger K, to the lower end ofwhich is secured the support L for the tu mbler M. This support has aconcave bottom I provided with a plugged aperture Z, and upon theinterior of said support is fitted a draining platform N upon which thetumbler M rests. By the movement of the hanger K in its bearings thetumbler can be turned under the discharge spout a. of the cup A andremoved to one side thereof.

The operation of my lemon squeezer is as follows:-When the parts are inthe position shown in Fig. 1,with the swinging front plate B fully open,the lemon, or part of the lemon as the case may be, is placed upon theknife E in the strainer. The front plate 13 is then raised to a verticalposition, as shown in Fig. 2, and is there held, and in this position itwill be seen that the strainer lies wholly within the cup and supportsthe lemon directly under the plunger F. The lever G is now pressed down,whereby the plunger F descends and presses the lemon in the strainer,and the j nice passes through said strainer on to the inclined drainbottom a from which it flows into the discharge spout a and thence intothe tumbler. The lever G is then raised, whereby the plunger F is fullyelevated, and thereupon the operator, with his free hand, releases thecatch 1), turns the front plate B outwardly and downwardly to aninclination as shown in Fig. .1, and the squeezed lemon thereupon by itsown Weight, will fall from the strainer and roll along the plate 0either into the hand of the operator or into a suitable receptacle. Afresh lemon is then placed in position, the front plate Bis raised andthis way the lemons may be squeezed rapidly,

and each discharged, after being squeez'ed,in

the most convenient manner.

The drain platformNin the supportL provides for the disposal of any dripfrom the spout a. after the tumbler M is removed and this drip may besaved by removing the plug Z. The drain platform N thus presents a cleansurface for the bottom of the glass at all times.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A lemon squeezer consisting of a cup having an open front, ahorizontally pivoted vertically swinging front plate adapted to closeand open said front, a strainer secured to said swinging front plate andadapted by the mo vement ofsaid plate to be thrown into and out sitionand to release it, a strainer carried by said swinging front plate andadapted by its movements to be thrown into the cup to hold a lemon andto be thrown outwardly to discharge the squeezed lemon, and receive afresh one, and a vertically moving plunger operating within said cup,substantially as herein described.

q 3. Alemonsqueezerconsistingof acuphaving an open front, an inclineddrain bottom and a discharge spout, a vertically swinging front platehinged horizontally to the base of the cup and adapted to open and closethe open front thereof, a strainer secured to said front plate andadapted by its movement to be thrown into and out of the cup, and aplunger operating within the cup, substantially as herein described.

4i. Alemon squeezer consistingof acuphaving an open front, ahorizontally pivoted vertically swinging front plate fitted to said openfront and adapted to open and close it, a strainer carried by saidswinging front plate whereby it is thrown into and out of the cup, aknife carried by the strainer and a vertically moving plunger operatingin the cup, substantially as herein described.

5, Alemon squeezer consisting of acnp having a curved back and separatedstraight sides leaving an open front, a horizontally pivoted verticallyswinging front plate fitted to the open front of the cup, a curved platecarried on the inner surface of said front plate and adapted to completethe circular chamber .of the cup, a strainer carried by said front plateand adapted to be moved into and out of the cup anda vertically movableplunger operating in the cup, Substantially as herein described.

6. Alemon squeezer consisting of acup having an open front, ahorizontally pivoted vertically moving front plate fitted to and adaptedto open and close said front, a strainer carried by said front plate andadapted by its movement to be moved into and out of the cup, a plungerwithin the cup and having a stem, a lever pivoted to the upper end ofsaid stem, and a vibrating fulcrum link to which said lever is secured,substantially as herein described.

7. A lemon squeezer consisting of the open front cup, the swinging frontplate pivoted thereto, the strainer carried by said front plate, thevertically movable plunger operating within the cup, the clamp bracketby which said cup is carried, the axially movable hanger secured to saidbracket, the tumbler support carried by said hanger'and having adraining bottom, and a drain platform within said support above itsbottom, substantially as herein described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

CHARLES W. BARRETT. Witnesses:

S. H. NOURSE, J. A. BAYLEss.

